Necktie.



E. EKSTROMER.

NECKHE. APPLICATION FILED 056.23, 1915.

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EDWARD EKSTROMER, 0F VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, lidi?.

Application led December 23, 1915. Serial No. 68,384.

To all fwhom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD Ensrnoirnn, a subject of the vKing of Great Britain, residing at Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

|This invention relates to a necktie and particularly to that kind known as a'butterfly tie.

lt has been especially designed to provide an imitation bow-tied knot that shall closely resemble the actual tied bow but will not be subject tothe irregular creasing which is imposed on an actual tied bow in the op eration of tying.

A further object has been to provide a tie that can be satisfactorily laundried.

T he invention is particularly described in the following specification, reference being made to the drawings by which it is accompanied, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view that illustrates my improved necktie as applied for use. Fig. 2 represents the bow portion of the tie spread out for laundrying. Fig. 3 represents the neck band of the tie with the means by which the bow portion is secured to it, the same being also shown spread out, as for laundrying. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view that shows a portion of the neckband and the connected tab which forms the cross tie, the view being taken from the back before attachment over the bow. Fig. 5 is a cross section taken on the line 5-5 and illustrates on an enlarged scale the manner in which the tab shown in Fig. 4l and the band connection over the tie and with the collar button. Fig. 6 shows a slightly modified view of the tab that forms the cross tie. Fig. 7 is a cross section similar to Fig. 5 and illustrates the application of the tab shown by Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a diagram that illustratesI the manner of folding the bow member shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 9 is a detail view of the tab blank shown in Fig. 3 unstitched and laid out so as to show the construction prior to the folding over of the ends to obtain the plait shown in Figs. 3 and l.

The invention comprises the combination with a neck band 2 having a slit stud hole 8 at each end for attachment of the two ends on the back collar stud, and a tab l attached to and depending from the middle of it, the back of which tab is to the front when it is folded over the bow portion of the tie. At the junction of this tab d with the neck band 2 a round stud hole 5 may be provided to retain the neck band 2 in position on the front collar stud. The lower end of the tab el. is also provided with a slit stud hole 6 for attachment to the front collar stud after folding over the bow. T he bow portion 7 of the tie is shaped with opposed waved edges, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, that it may be folded into three folds along the lines B and C and will form an imitation of the bow portion of a tightly tied knot. rihe waved conformation, as shown, also serves to prevent the ends 0f the tie being accidentally withdrawn from the cross tie of the tab 1l.

In' use, the neck band is placed at 5 on the front collar stud andthe ends 3 on the back collar stud. The bow portion 7 is then folded into three folds on the lines B and C (see Fig. 8) and the middle portion of the folded bow is placed on the neck band at the tab, and the end of the tab having the button hole 6 is brought tightly over the bow and at the back of the bow is connected to the front collar stud. lThe tie so formed can be applied with a minimum of handling to impair its freshness, and when so applied it closely resembles a tied bow. It has also the advantage that the parts being flat and disconnected may be laundried without diiliculty and in a manner as satisfactory as an ordinary straight neck-tie.

lihat portion l, which represents the tie across the bow, should have a plait X at the back, as shown in Fig. l, that is, the front when brought across the bow portion, and this plait is crossed adjacent the middle that the overlying portion of the plait at 9 is reversed at 13 to the opposite side of the tab. This crossing of the plait buckles it outward at the center and gives the effect that the bow is tightly tied. To prevent eX- cessive thickening of the material at the ends of the tab where there would be six ply, a portion may be removed from the middle width as at 6X of it which the upper part of the plait will cover. It will be noted that the stud hole 5 not only serves the purpose of retaining the tie in position at the front but enables it to lie close to the collar, and the end of the stud which would otherwise prevent the tie lying close to the collar is projected into the tie and improves its appearance.

If found necessary, the tab 4 may be of such length, as shown in Fig. 6, as to enable it to be wrapped twice around the bow portion 7 of the tie (see Fig. 7) in which case a round stud hole l1 should be provided about midway between those 5 and 6 that the end of the stud may be pushed into it after the end having the button hole 6 has been secured on the front collar stud. Where this lengthened tab is used for wrapping twice around the bow the plaited portion will naturally be only between the stud hole 1l and that 6 at the end of the tab. It will be noted that a distinction is made between a slit stud hole, where attachment to a stud is required, as at 3 and 6, and a stud hole which is merely intended to pass onto the stud and prevent lateral displacement, as at 5 and l1. The shaping of the bow forming member 7 and the plaiting of the exposed side of the tab 4L give a satisfactory representation of a tightly tied bow.

Having now particularly described my invention, I hereby declare that what4 I Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. C.

2. A necktie, comprising in combination,

a bow portion shaped and folded to represent the bow of a tie, and a detached neck band with provision at each end and at the midlength for attachment respectively to the back and front collar studs of a shirt, said band having a tab secured to and dei pending from the middle of the band, which tab is provided at its end with provision for attachment to the front collar stud of a shirt and the back portion of the tab between the Y attachment of the neck band and the stud attaching provision is plaited, the underlying portion of the plait reversing from one side of the tab to the other intermediate of its ends.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

EDWARD EKSTROMER.

Commissioner of Patents, 

